Wikiversity:Chat
(Redirected from Wikiversity:IRC)
For real-time chat with other Wikiversity users, see Wikiversity:Discord.
Several Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels located on the Libera Chat network are also available but less frequently used. Review meta:IRC for more information.
Web based versions
editSee meta:IRC/Channels for additional channels
IRC client software
edit- To Chat on IRC, you will need some type of IRC client. See the Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients at Wikipedia.
- Note that IRC needs more care to maintain anonymity than Wiki editing does - details on this at m:IRC cloaks and w:Wikipedia:IRC channels
Sister projects:
- #wikimedia is for discussion of Wikimedia Foundation issues.
- #wikimedia-tech is for discussion of technical issues relating to the Wikimedia servers.
- #wikimedia-toolserver is for discussion of technical issues relating to the Toolserver.
- Important: It is a suggested Wikimedia meta-wiki guideline that meta:IRC channels prohibit the publishing of chat logs publicly. Wikiversity needs a policy for #wikiversity.
- Wikimedia's channel guidelines describes rules that all Wikimedia project channels should follow.
Netiquette
editMuch has been said about how to behave in chatrooms. See Netiquette and IRC guidelines.
See also
edit- Wikiversity:Discord
- More details are on Meta.
- Meta:IRC channel cloaks provide information about obtaining a hostmask cloak.
- #wikiversidad - Chat for the Spanish language Wikiversity
- IRC tutorial at Wikipedia
- IRC at Wikibooks